Few, I believe, have had much affection for mankind, who did not first love their parents, their brothers, sisters, and even the domestic brutes, whom they first played with.
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and honor those whom they have ... DOVSTOYEVSKY They are the first people I really knew. They're like my brothers and sisters. COLIN RAY The kids played hard and haven't quit. If we play the way we did in the first half, we can compete w... BILLY STEED The kids played hard and haven't quit. If we play the way we did in the first half, we can compete w... BILLY MACK STEED When did the very first case of racism even occur? When did such blind hatred devour the souls of me... REBECCA MCNUTT Who can guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of br... RALPH WALDO EMERSON I told them that anything they do for their brothers and sisters is good if they do it with a good t... CHARLES MANSON I did have a few parents who were a little mad when I told their children to not stick their fingers... SARA WHITE For the first 15 years I never had problems with parents. Now, I have. It was about playing time, an... JACKIE DINARDO It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more ... THOMAS MERTON It is in deep solitude that I find the gentleness with which I can truly love my brothers. The more ... THOMAS MERTON We played everybody on the team. Even the kids who hadn't played all year got their first hits tonig... BEN QUINBY This was a solid start for us. Our veterans played well and the freshmen did a great job in their fi... BILL POTOCZNY I don't have a creepy uncle, but I certainly have many, many uncles. My mom has twelve brothers ... MARTHA MACISAAC I'm even getting phone calls nowadays from women who have had their first babies with us, and want t... JENNY SMITH The Japanese even forced fathers to rape their own daughters or sons their mothers, brothers their s... IRIS CHANG What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing more than the af... ANNA FREUD I still have affection for my brothers. I still have affection for you, but there's bad with the goo... GABRIEL POLK Your most important friendships should be with your own brothers and sisters and with your father an... EZRA TAFT BENSON In the old days in France, they had beheadings of people who commit heinous crimes, ... Nevada Newsm... OSCAR GOODMAN I have so many peers who say, 'I need to get away from my parents,' because even though they... DOVE CAMERON I can't ask for much more. They played their hearts out. We have a nice core group here for the next... GEORGE HARDISON What brothers say to tease their sisters has nothing to do with what they really think of them. ESTHER M. FRIESNER They did not want to follow in their parents' footsteps and be housebound, ... And they strived for ... CINDY CHU They did not want to follow in their parents' footsteps and be housebound. And they strived for inde... CINDY CHU I cannot possibly believe that I have it made while so many black brothers and sisters are hungry, i... JACKIE ROBINSON We believe it may be because parents who perceive their neighborhoods as unsafe do not allow their c... DR. JULIE LUMENG Give Manual credit. Their kids came out and played hard. We made a few mistakes in the first half, b... DOUG SIMPER Give Manual credit, ... Their kids came out and played hard. We made a few mistakes in the first hal... DOUG SIMPER Some people grow up with issues because they did not have their parents around growing up, many othe... QUETZAL Meeting their Beloved, they meditate on the True Lord with love and affection. GURU GOBIND SINGH For almost five years on 'Happy Days,' I have had a mom and pop and a brother who give me ad... ERIN MORAN My parents are very hard working people who did everything they could for their children. I have two... DAVID OYELOWO I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child. KEITH EMERSON He it is Who caused those who disbelieved of the followers of the Book to go forth from their homes ... QURAN [Parents] think their kids can dress themselves and they can feed themselves and they can let themse... LINDA PERLSTEIN I suppose the meet ended up much closer than we thought for several reasons. First, Woodland was bet... DANE STREET Not just the bowlers come. But the parents and the brothers and sisters. The whole family comes and ... BILLIE STUART Most people who are would each not be in love with their partner, if they did not have the kind of g... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA Neither of us has much of a science education, or even math, ... They all went together, at first ta... CHARLES PIERCE There are some for whom the good of mankind is their primary concern, and others who basically put t... PETER DAVID In a study that I just did, I found that it was older children, not younger children, who felt that ... ELLEN GALINSKY I love the Bronte sisters, but I feel a closer kinship to the Ephron sisters, Nora and Delia, if onl... KATE KLISE If they drink pop first, they might not even eat their lunch. DEBORAH WILCOX JAMIESON We played much better in the second half than we did in the first half. We should have played the fi... ELLEN BRIDGEWATER We did the right thing for Mary. It was not an easy decision, and it was not unanimous at first. JUROR NO But, if you observe children learning in their first few years of life, you can see that they can an... DANIEL GREENBERG I believe that on the first night I went to Gatsby's house I was one of the few guests who had actua... F. SCOTT FITZGERALD I love my parents. But they have their life, and I have mine. LAURA DEKKER Supporting the troops means paying attention to their needs both in the field and at home. It means ... SENATOR JOHN KERRY How nearly is natural affection connected with the love of God (for if we love not our Brother whom ... NATHANIEL SMITH I was very proud of our defensive effort tonight. They (David Lipscomb) did have an impressive drive... KIRK WILLIAMS I'm glad he had the game he did. If not, it would probably have been a different game as hard as (Wi... JEFF CAPEL I'm glad to take on the role of a domestic because many of your black leaders, your educators, y... ESTHER ROLLE Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom t... FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY Only a few days earlier he had explained to her that he did not merely read books but traveled with ... JAN-PHILIPP SENDKER ...The life of the parents is the only thing that makes good children. Parents should be very patien... ELDER PORPHYRIOS Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more lo... JOHN RUSKIN Isn't it strange that religious prejudices - beliefs none possess, not even the saints, so they ... GEORGE A. MOORE I always felt that at the moment I was born, God must have blinked. He missed the occasion and never... REGINA BRETT Mankind have love, animals have affection.
The harmonious and beautiful world is revealed. BUDDHA There is nothing noble about suffering except the love and forgiveness with which we meet it. Many b... STEPHEN LEVINE People who, as children, were intellectually far beyond their parents and therefore admired by them,... ALICE MILLER I would love to work with the Coen brothers and Terrence Malick. I love both of their bodies of work... ERIN MORIARTY We played well in the first half, but in the second they hit their shots and we didn't and we also h... BOB NELSON The Pilgrim and the Puritan whom we honor tonight were men who did a great deal of work in the world... HENRY CABOT LODGE Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson hated each other so much. But that hate that they had for ea... DAVID SCOTT It was a bit of a revenge game, but I think we had some first-game jitters. The first half they made... LARS RICHTERS Our defense fell apart for one quarter, but after that, we played them pretty even. If we had played... DAVE HEAVERLY My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren... DIANE DUANE I think the students actually mature a little bit more. For most of them, this is their first time a... CAMERON WATSON I worked with my son when he was much younger; we did L.A. Law together, where I played his father a... RENE AUBERJONOIS We know of officers who develop inappropriate relationships with victims of domestic abuse. They hav... THERESA MAY In the first half, we knew both teams were going to play their hardest. They haven't been here for a... JEFF CUMBERLAND We wanted to come out and score and they (Villa Grove) did a nice job on their first play. The fumbl... DALE SCHURING We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have ... SARAH BERNHARDT Human beings are funny. They long to be with the person they love but refuse to admit openly. Some a... SIGMUND FREUD Growing up, my parents always played artists like Alanis Morissette, Aerosmith and Michael Jackson, ... MANIKA We must remember that the people for whom this change represents a first taste of freedom and a new ... HJALMAR BRANTING Many of them do not believe he did anything wrong. I also think they are scared of letting their par... MAJ. DWYNN ISRINGHAUSEN Men reject their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and honor those whom they have ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY For those whom God to ruin has designed
He fits for fate, and first destroys their mind. JOHN DRYDEN She decided at once that she and the boy were cut of the same bookish cloth, and could quite possibl... JORDAN STRATFORD Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with... BIBLE I cannot stop them. This is their affection and love and we live for this. And I hope that this love... AMITABH BACHCHAN These people don't go to clubs anymore. But they don't have an outlet for it. They come to my class,... GREG TALBOTT I have frequently gained my first real insight into the character of parents by studying their child... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Your real brothers & sisters are never people born of the same parents with you,but they are people ... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) You can't deal with being odd? ... Become like them... Become drug delear... DEYTH BANGER When America's early pioneers first turned their eyes toward the West, they did not demand that ... PAUL HARVEY My parents are like younger, urchinlike brothers and sisters whose faces are dirty and who blurt out... MARGARET ATWOOD The sisters and the people who work here do not speak through their Christianity or their religion. ... JANA BENNETT But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For... BIBLE Believe me, when I first heard that $28 million figure, I had trouble eating and sleeping for a few ... COUNCILMAN DAVE KUCHERER I think even with it being their first match, they have a lot of confidence. I told them that it sho... JENNY WILLIAMS One thing I've learned, in the face of all kinds of indignities, domestic workers take so much p... AI-JEN POO We did so well. We did things that we've never done before. I had so much fun. To see the kids accom... COREY MEDEIROS We don't even know we are brothers and sisters. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA You've got to give the Suns credit for their execution. I think we played even with them, although t... LINDSEY HUNTER
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MARY GARDEN For a long period in my life - it lasted about 10 years - I had writer's block. MARY GARDEN In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was con... MARY GARDEN A wonderful emotion to get things moving when one is stuck is anger. It was anger more than anything... MARY GARDEN My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline. MARY GARDEN It was not uncommon for the children to be told they were being treated this way because it was thei... MARY GARDEN Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse... MARY GARDEN Life is obstinate and clings closest where it is most hated. MARY SHELLEY If God had not intended that Women shou'd use their Reason, He wou'd not have given them any... MARY ASTELL I long for my garden to be complete. Working in it is one of my joys, but it will never be finished ... MARY QUANT Stop the habit of wishful thinking and start the habit of thoughtful wishes. MARY MARTIN When people suffer, their relationships usually suffer as well. Period. And we all suffer because, a... MARY KARR Nothing you become will disappoint me; I have no preconception that I'd like to see you be or do. I ... MARY HASKELL There are no absolutes in this world, and there will always be mistakes that are made within brokera... MARY SCHAPIRO When I opened my first shop, city gents were still carrying tightly furled umbrellas and wearing bow... MARY QUANT I have a theory of living on the boundary: on the boundary of patriarchy and the boundary of differe... MARY DALY Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuria... MARY BERRY I wasn't the brightest button in the class at school, but I enjoyed cooking and baking. I wasn... MARY BERRY I usually wear only a bit of pink lippy, but for TV, they add a few extra lashes to brighten my eyes... MARY BERRY To many women marriage is only this. It is merely a physical change impinging on their ordinary natu... MARY WEBB In my end is my beginning. MARY STUART You can figure out who you were by which movies you loved when. MARY SCHMICH 'The Hunger Games' isn't for everybody. But neither is 'Anna Karenina.' MARY SCHMICH For some Chicago expats, food is the medicine that blunts the pain of separation. MARY SCHMICH TV happens. And once it's happened, it's gone. When it's gone, you move on, no tears, no... MARY SCHMICH The first gay person I ever met was surely not the first gay person I ever met. MARY SCHMICH The movies we love and admire are to some extent a function of who we are when we see them. MARY SCHMICH You can map your life through your favorite movies, and no two people's maps will be the same. MARY SCHMICH Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless w... MARY SCHMICH In twenty years you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp n... MARY SCHMICH Like many women my age, I am 28 years old. MARY SCHMICH Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and... MARY SCHMICH On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's p... MARY SCHMICH I couldn't have foreseen all the good things that have followed my mother's death. The renew... MARY SCHMICH Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you'll have a trust fund. Maybe you'll ha... MARY SCHMICH Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. The older you get, ... MARY SCHMICH Opening day. All you have to do is say the words and you feel the shutters thrown wide, the room air... MARY SCHMICH Dad thought something very fishy was going on when, at 22, I was offered a job for £1,000 a ye... MARY BERRY Campaigning in Wyoming is politics at its most retail level. It's done one voter at a time. MARY CHENEY One of our most promising technologies is Super Cruise, which is the working name for an innovative ... MARY BARRA I was always nervous before a television show, and I still am now. But 'The Great British Bake O... MARY BERRY When you look at the truck market in North America, you have to understand the customer, and that... MARY BARRA If you are buying a larger turkey than usual, make sure it will fit in the oven. MARY BERRY I mainly cook British food with a few things I've had on my holidays. I went to the Canary Islan... MARY BERRY Never tell. Not if you love your wife... In fact, if your old lady walks in on you, deny it. Yeah. J... MARY BUCKLEY The test of man is how well he is able to feel about what he thinks. The test of a woman is how we... MARY MCDOWELL Liberty, as it is concieved by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ... MARY MCCARTY Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift ... MARY MCCARTHY Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsci... MARY KARR